# 2012–13 Annan Athletic F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Annan Athletic's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Third Division, having been admitted to the Scottish Football League at the start of the 2008–09 season. Annan also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Annan Athletic finished eighth in the Scottish Third Division. They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup, the first round of the League Cup and the second round of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

They began the season under the management of Harry Cairney. On 21 December 2012, Cairney resigned as manager citing personal reasons with Euan Brydson taking over as manager on an interim basis. On 12 January 2013, Jim Chapman was appointed as the club's new manager.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Squad

    Last updated 13 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Third Division | Third Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Alex Mitchell | 38 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Craig Summersgill | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Steven Black | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jonathan Blake | 28 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Iain Chisholm | 11 | 1 | 11+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ally Love | 34 | 12 | 20+10 | 12 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Michael McGowan | 41 | 1 | 36+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Steven Swinglehurst | 34 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Greig Thorburn | 15 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Lee Underwood | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Peter Watson | 21 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | John Watson | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Scott Chaplain | 41 | 12 | 35+1 | 11 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | David Hopkirk | 20 | 10 | 18+2 | 10 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Chris Jardine | 35 | 0 | 28+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jordan McKechnie | 25 | 0 | 10+11 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Martin McNiff | 16 | 2 | 15+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Harry Monaghan | 15 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dan Orsi | 7 | 1 | 7+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Steven Sloan | 32 | 0 | 20+9 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jack Steele | 18 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Graeme Bell | 3 | 2 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Michael Daly | 35 | 7 | 23+7 | 7 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andrew Donely | 12 | 1 | 3+9 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Lewis Hawke | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kieran McGachie | 16 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David Murray | 18 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Graeme Ramage | 19 | 5 | 14+1 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 13 May 2013
| Position | Name | Third Division | Third Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Alex Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Craig Summersgill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Steven Black | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Jonathan Blake | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Iain Chisholm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Sean Currie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Scott Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Ally Love | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Michael McGowan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Steven Swinglehurst | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| DF | Greig Thorburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Lee Underwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Peter Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | John Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Scott Chaplain | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | David Hopkirk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Chris Jardine | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | Jordan McKechnie | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Martin McNiff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Harry Monaghan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Dan Orsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Steven Sloan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Jack Steele | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Graeme Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Michael Daly | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | Andrew Donely | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Lewis Hawke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Kieran McGachie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | David Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Graeme Ramage | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Montrose | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 47 |
| 7 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 45 |
| 8 | Annan Athletic | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 43 |
| 9 | Clyde | 36 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 40 |
| 10 | East Stirlingshire | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 49 | 97 | −48 | 29 |

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 |